Kolkata panchang, 31 December 2023
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:01 Moonrise 20:54 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:17 – 12:00
- Yamaganda 11:39 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 14:20 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:18
- Rahu Kalam 15:40 – 17:01
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:01 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:01 – 19:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 11:56
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:36 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 03:40 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:39 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:40 – 17:01
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:30 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:17 – 12:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:01 – 19:40
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:37 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:39 – 12:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:59 – 14:20 | Good |
| Rog | 14:20 – 15:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:40 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:01 – 18:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:40 – 20:20 | Good |
| Char | 20:20 – 21:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:59 – 23:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:39 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:37 – 06:17 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:15 Scorpio
- 05:15 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:08 Capricorn
- 09:08 – 10:41 Aquarius
- 10:41 – 12:12 Pisces
- 12:12 – 13:53 Aries
- 13:53 – 15:51 Taurus
- 15:51 – 18:04 Gemini
- 18:04 – 20:20 Cancer
- 20:20 – 22:31 Leo
- 22:31 – 00:42 next day Virgo
- 00:42 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 05:11 next day Scorpio
- 05:11 – 06:17 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method